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Topic | 2022-23 Horror Topic: Yes Chef! |
v_charon 09/29/23 10:03:38 PM #365 | Saw X starts in 30 minutes.
High praise early for this one, so we'll see. I really liked Spiral so I hope this one is more story driven the way that one was. I also recently subscribed to Disney+, and by extension Hulu. Probably will be checking out their exclusives here in a bit as well. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/29/23 8:02:21 PM #384 | Oh yeah, 4 way works a bit different in the final. You choose them in reverse order of the way you'd like to see them finish. Basically, I think in the old days when we ran gauntlets as a group we'd take a poll on who to vote out. I guess it's like elimination style, not sure what the thinking of doing that it that way was about.
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/29/23 12:44:51 AM #378 | He doesn't look that old if you look up the picture itself, I think the shading and reducing the image size to 150x150 might not do it justice much. I like Edgar too much to make him suffer with an Amano art. There are a few characters I had to leave that way though.
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/28/23 7:43:08 PM #368 | No problem, glad you spent a lot of time with it! I was going to say those win totals seem very low for a double elimination gauntlet, but I guess if you used the Burn feature it probably evens out. I just sort of like the chaos it brings when you play it straight out, would have been nice to see those results even if you didn't like them. I would say only about half of the characters who placed in my gauntlet would be in my actual top 10, but the other half were fine enough and I wasn't super upset that any of them made it that far either.
But yeah, it did take a lot of effort (just to get the FF portion of it running like it is now), so I appreciate everyone who's played it so far. Probably got more people than I was initially expecting, glad you all liked it. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/28/23 4:53:01 PM #363 | It does allow you to reset the matches by using the back feature, but where's the fun in that?
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/27/23 10:52:08 PM #353 | Yeah didn't we all MAKE one of these before? I guess it doesn't seem weird to me because I've never stopped using the program for years now, even when everyone else probably did.
I'm not great at tech support. Uh... once you unpack the file, you should have a folder that says VideoGameCharacters. Make sure that folder has no spaces in it. I'd suggest just unpacking it directly to your desktop to remove any troubles. After that, you open the folder and keep clicking until you get to the where you see a set of folders and files. Then you should just be able to click the one that says "GauntletApplication"; it's JAR file with a java icon. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/27/23 10:37:22 PM #350 | Pokewars posted...
I don't understand gauntlets and winzip and shit anymore. Just seems to be giving me the runaround. I'd suggest just using WinRAR. Just be pretty easy once you extract it. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/27/23 8:10:07 PM #344 | @VeryInsane
Can you post a picture of what your folder looks like before you click on the Application file? --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/27/23 7:01:51 PM #341 | All I can figure is you unzipped it in an unexpected way.
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/27/23 2:44:27 PM #332 | LiquidOshawott posted...
Might be selecting the wrong one. It's the JAR file that says GauntletApplication --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/27/23 2:03:48 PM #327 | LiquidOshawott posted...
So uh, was trying to figure this out yesterday and maybe Im just dumb, but how are people loading that gauntlet thing when most browsers dont support Java applets anymore? Do I need to find a old version of IE? It's self contained. No browser needed. Launch the gauntlet app itself from inside the folder. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/26/23 2:15:38 PM #277 | WotV's art style definitely invoked that Ivalice feel when I saw it.
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/26/23 9:29:24 AM #266 | TheArkOfTurus posted...
I don't think anyone was more surprised than me when I went to add all of them. I already had done some of them here and there, but the extent of my knowledge of the game was pretty small. I knew of the main cast, and of course Dangerous Ariana because of this contest. Lopen posted... Finally got around to finishing it. That took a bit! I knew most of the Brave Exvius characters which probably made it take longer. Edward and Fighter kinda snuck in (not terrible picks though) but otherwise don't hate the top 10. Sephiroth murdered most of the snubs like Rikku Sabin and Vanille-- I should have let him win. Not sure why I went with Genesis with the swerve win I just felt like he was fighting harder opponents than X-Death who was mostly just eating fodder. But yeah it was fun. Honestly think the 8 that didn't sneak in are probably actually in the top 10. It's time to nominate Genesis back and get Charon in as well for VI. Then the dream of Genny and I competing in SMFFFC will be realized. Xuxon posted... I guess Kefka is now only my fourth favorite FFVI character. And Ultros fifth. Terra for SMFFFCXXVI champ! Of the 4 of these that have been completed so far, Tidus is in every single one of them. I guess for some reason I didn't think Tidus was your #1? Oh and I'm sure it's been noticed, but I did use high quality level fanart for some of the characters. This was moreso for characters from IX and back due to how ugly those graphics look in general. Unless they appeared in Dissidia, basically all there is in Amano artwork. Which is... yeah. The most famous artist I know of with awful looking work. Sometimes Mobius would have something, or that trading card game, but in some cases fanart was the best route for me to go. Another SMFFFC entrant I don't have in Burmecian Soldier Dan because well, there's just no good shots of him in game and no one cared enough to do very good fanart. Someone did cosplay for him though, for some reason. But yeah, the list might not be infallible so if anyone notices something missing feel free to mention it here or send me a message. I'm always happy to add stuff. For XIV, which I haven't played because I'm already and invested WoW player, I tried my best to add what seemed critical and popular. It would be impossible to add every character from XIV, much like WoW. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/25/23 11:08:25 PM #198 | So I wanted to have this ready before SMFFFC ended, but I guess this will do. Some people probably know what a Gauntlet is, it's sort of a relic from the past at this point. But I do actually keep one of these gauntlets up to date, and it's the video game character one. I figured it might be fun to share it and my own results, and see if anyone else maybe wanted to play it:
https://i.imgur.com/OyVkYgy.jpg Essentially, a "gauntlet" is just running a program that pits 2 (or 4) characters against one another. You choose the one you like more and they move on. The program randomly selects more characters and you keep picking the ones you like until there are no more characters left. I decided to put in the work and update all the images for Final Fantasy characters I wasn't personally happy with. I also tried to add in anything that was missing from the gauntlet too, which included adding the entirety of Brave Exvius (which was a huge chore). https://www.mediafire.com/file/8d55dbs7035o2hi/VideoGameCharacters.rar/file Basically you just download the file and unzip it; it's a pretty big file because it contains over 38,000 video game characters. Just a few things to note about it. I didn't create the program, I just curate the content. You will need to use a "tag" to run it, the tag for Final Fantasy is just "ff" without the quotations. You will also need to know the exact number of characters that I've tagged with that, which is 1307. So yeah, obviously this is a very inclusive list! You will indeed find Stamp and ?????? here. For the purposes of SMFFFC, the only stuff that isn't going to be there is anything that never appeared in a video game. So no Dad of Light, and no Aki Ross. Square must either not have the rights to do it or don't want to be reminded of the time they lost that much money, because she never even appeared in Record Keeper or Brave Exvius. Anyway, hopefully someone enjoys this. Like I said, despite gauntlets being dead I keep this one relatively up to date (it's current through June of this year right now). I mostly continue to maintain it because it keeps me up to date on games I don't have time to play anymore. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Final Results and Discussion |
v_charon 09/25/23 10:58:35 PM #194 | No, once he was booted because I was holding my save and refreshing, but I didn't notice a new page had appeared and I continued to not notice for like a couple of minutes. I had a save ready for him but I was being greedy, and that was one of his many boots.
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Topic | Anime [OP/ED] Day 32: Final - A Cruel Angel's Thesis vs Chiki Chiki Ban Ban |
v_charon 09/25/23 9:48:47 PM #30 | Chan Chan... Ai Chiki Chiki Ban Ban
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Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Eric Cartman vs. Nurse Ratched |
v_charon 09/25/23 2:04:09 PM #18 | Eric Cartman
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 98 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/25/23 10:15:16 AM #315 | andylt posted...
I mean, he's not obligated to save a character he said he likes more... you know, that sounds familiar! --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Calvin Candie vs. Yami Marik (TIEBREAKER) |
v_charon 09/25/23 9:01:32 AM #6 | Calvin Candie
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Topic | 2022-23 Horror Topic: Yes Chef! |
v_charon 09/24/23 10:48:48 PM #360 | S Tier:
1. Scream VI 2. M3GAN 3. Talk to Me 4. Evil Dead Rise A Tier: 5. Re/Member 6. The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 7. A Haunting in Venice 8. Satanic Hispanics 9. Beau is Afraid 10. The Blackening 11. She Came From the Woods 12. Knock at the Cabin 13. Bunker 14. Birth/Rebirth 15. Cocaine Bear 16. Insidious: The Red Door 17. Final Cut 18. It Lives Inside 19. Haunted Mansion 20. Renfield 21. 65 B Tier 22. The Boogeyman 23. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 24. The Pope's Exorcist 25. Infinity Pool 26. Cobweb 27. Stalker 28. From Black 29. Inside 30. Nefarious 31. The Nun II 32. Natty Knocks 33. The Ghost Within 34. Til Death Do Us Part 35. Malum 36. They Wait in the Dark C Tier 37. Bird Box Barcelona 38. Meg 2: The Trench 39. Kids vs. Aliens 40. Enys Men 41. You're Killing Me 42. Run Rabbit Run 43. The Strays 44. Consecration 45. Trinket Box 46. Spoonful of Sugar 47. Unwelcome 48. Hunt Her, Kill Her 49. Don't Look Away 50. The Black Demon D Tier 51. Leave 52. The Headmistress 53. Children of the Corn 54. Fear 55. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey F Tier 56. The Outwaters 57. Skinamarink Pretty good one. Wonderful monster design. It reminds me of The Boogeyman a little bit, just the film setup in general. Great monster, does the best it can do with a PG-13 rating. I think this one has a bit more in the way of actual scares and terror than Boogeyman was able to offer but just a little bit, hence why it got up into the A tier. I really liked learning about Indian mythology a bit here, since it isn't that common to see (at least for me) an Indian based horror title even though there are so many great stories to pull from in the culture. I was a little bummed that --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/24/23 4:08:03 PM #468 | Locke 10
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Topic | Anime [OP/ED] Day 31:gravityWall,A Cruel Angel's Thesis,Chiki Chiki Ban Ban,Idol |
v_charon 09/24/23 2:42:54 PM #16 | A Cruel Angel's Thesis
Chiki Chiki Ban Ban --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/24/23 2:39:11 PM #427 | Locke 9
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/24/23 1:22:46 PM #387 | Locke 8
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Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Calvin Candie vs. Yami Marik |
v_charon 09/24/23 12:32:35 PM #3 | Calvin Candie
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/24/23 12:06:27 PM #360 | Locke 7
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 98 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/24/23 11:13:29 AM #284 | #JusticeForMukki
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 98 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/24/23 11:07:59 AM #282 | This guy has been available to nominate for a bit now, why is there a sudden interest in him? He was even on Martin's ridiculous list from a while back; I thought he was talking about Aranea Highwind and had simply misspelled it at first (though I'd be equally curious why people would keep nominating her back as well).
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/24/23 10:36:53 AM #325 | Locke 6
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/24/23 8:52:19 AM #289 | Locke 5
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Topic | Anime [OP/ED] Day 30:Kawaki wo Ameku, Chiki Chiki Ban Ban, Idol, Flyers |
v_charon 09/23/23 11:20:40 PM #27 | Chiki Chiki Ban Ban
Idol --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/23/23 10:42:08 PM #152 | Locke 4
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/23/23 8:41:32 PM #93 | Locke 3
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/23/23 7:14:30 PM #57 | Locke 2
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV FINAL: Locke vs. Vanille |
v_charon 09/23/23 6:04:43 PM #17 | Locke 1
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 98 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/23/23 2:00:31 PM #17 | Locke
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Topic | 2022-23 Horror Topic: Yes Chef! |
v_charon 09/22/23 10:21:36 PM #359 | Off to see It Lives Inside!
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 97 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/22/23 5:51:40 PM #26 | Locke
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 11:07:30 PM #262 | Grimlyn posted...
Vaan can get under Gabranth if he deds before Day 4 That will be the contest pj makes every round and is the first save. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 10:29:23 PM #257 | Rude doesn't deserve that. No idea why people kept nominating him in though.
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 10:14:18 PM #251 | Grimlyn posted...
when do we get reverse redemption runs, nominating characters to bomb them Did this not happen last year with Garik? --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 10:00:31 PM #246 | I wouldn't call Edward's run a redemption run, it was more of a lucky break. I don't feel it started off with the goal of redeeming him, so it's a bit unlike the other runs which are typically designed for that purpose.
The fact Yang's wife always gets talked about more than the guy himself pretty much guarantees he'll never get that run. And I've never met a person that was an Amarant fan. I think he gets unwarranted hate, but as far as supporting him I don't think I'd ever do that either. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Are you going to get the flu shot and the covid shot? |
v_charon 09/21/23 9:28:39 PM #13 | I don't think I've ever gotten a flu shot. I may later in life, not sure. My mom always gets one and almost without fail it gives her a decent case of the flu. I'm not really sure if that's genetic and I don't want to test it necessarily.
I haven't received a COVID vaccine since the first ones came out. No negative side effects, so maybe. It's more likely no than yes, but a lot more chance I get one than a flu shot. --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1490: Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) |
v_charon 09/21/23 9:04:27 PM #29 | Yes
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 7:36:10 PM #231 | It's surprising Seifer is still above anyone.
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 3:21:26 PM #125 | Red XIII
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 96 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/21/23 2:09:25 PM #20 | Locke
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Topic | Anime [OP/ED] Day 28:Idol, Shinzou wo Sasageyo, Flyers, ETERNAL BLAZE |
v_charon 09/21/23 9:17:45 AM #30 | Idol
ETERNAL BLAZE --- :> Truly smilin' |
Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Emperor Palpatine vs. Wicked Witch Of The West |
v_charon 09/21/23 8:50:09 AM #7 | Palpatine
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Topic | Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXV: Day 95 (RULE CHANGE) [smfffc] |
v_charon 09/20/23 8:22:07 PM #208 | Not enough muscles on the Aerith turtle.
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